Mariscus albopilosus C. B. Clarke

Mariscus albopilosus C.B.Clarke (Fig. 4) Flora of Tropical Africa 8 (3): 394 (Clarke 1901 -1902). ACCEPTED NAME (POWO 2025). — Cyperus albopilosus (C.B.Clarke) Kük., Botaniska Notiser 1934: 69 (Kükenthal 1934). LECTOTYPE. — Malawi • Zomba; XII.1896; Whyte s.n.; lectotype (here designated): K[K000362622]. REMARKS Clarke (1901 -1902: 394) cited two gatherings in his protologue of the species: “Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: Nyasaland; Mount Malosa, 4000-6000 ft., Whyte! Mount Zomba, 4000-6000 ft., Whyte!”. According to Browning & Gordon-Gray (1993) both are preserved in K (barcodes K000362622andK000362656). Images of both unnumbered collections are available on the internet via JSTOR. They are very similar, annotated by both Clarke and Kükenthal and could both serve for (lecto-)typification purposes. The Whyte collection from Mount Zomba (K000362622) was already cited as ‘holotype’ (erroneously so) by Hoenselaar et al. (2010); it is here designated as lectotype for this name.